diff --git a/src/io/fs/fs.go b/src/io/fs/fs.go
index e1be32478e..e603afadb0 100644
--- a/src/io/fs/fs.go
+++ b/src/io/fs/fs.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ type File interface {
 type DirEntry interface {
 	// Name returns the name of the file (or subdirectory) described by the entry.
 	// This name is only the final element of the path (the base name), not the entire path.
-	// For example, Name would return "hello.go" not "/home/gopher/hello.go".
+	// For example, Name would return "hello.go" not "home/gopher/hello.go".
 	Name() string
 
 	// IsDir reports whether the entry describes a directory.